City and the Beast

Aging hippie guitar player Lucius Zajack inherits a fortune from his uncle, an eccentric animal rights activist. His uncle's will, however, has a strict requirement. In order to keep the money flowing, Lucius has to start an animal rescue. A loophole in the will enables Lucius to launch the most effortless rescue possible -- a goldfish rescue. Easy money. Or so Lucius thinks. Set against the backdrop of the New York City music scene and populated by kooky, colorful characters, City and the Beast is a screwball comedy about a middle aged man trying to reinvent himself as a singer/songwriter while juggling the (utterly unexpected) demands of a goldfish rescue center. Underlying the comedy is a subtext about the importance of animal rescue and pet adoption.